Rising gasoline prices increase new motorcycle sales and fatalities

Table 2 Characteristics of fatal occupants and their motorcycles and crashes among three groups of motorcycle-model ages

	Motorcycle model ages^a
	Total	Less than 1 year	1–3 years	4 years and more	P value
Number of motorcyclists	85,754	9,105	25,841	50,808
Occupant type
Riders	91.1	92.0	91.5	90.7	<0.001
Passengers	8.9	8.0	8.5	9.4	<0.001
Gender
Male	91.3	91.2	91.3	91.3	0.907
Female	8.7	8.8	8.7	8.7	0.907
Age
<16	1.3	1.0	1.3	1.3	<0.001
16–20	12.4	15.2	14.0	11.1
21–29	32.3	34.7	34.7	30.6
30–44	32.0	27.5	28.4	34.7
45–64	19.9	19.9	19.6	20.0
65 and more	2.1	1.7	2.0	2.3
Day of week
Weekday	62.7	62.9	62.6	62.8	0.794
Weekend	37.3	37.1	37.4	37.2	0.794
Hour of day
00:00–5:59	16.8	15.3	16.3	17.4	<0.001
6:00–11:59	11.5	12.2	12.5	10.9
12:00–17:59	33.5	36.4	34.7	32.4
18:00–23:59	38.2	36.1	36.5	39.4
Weather
Clear	96.9	97.5	97.1	96.7	<0.001
Rain, snow, or fog	3.1	2.5	2.9	3.3	<0.001
Helmet use
Used	52.5	59.3	56.1	49.4	<0.001
Not used	47.5	40.7	43.9	50.6	<0.001
Rider alcohol involvement
Drinking	38.8	29.7	34.5	42.7	<0.001
No drinking	61.2	70.3	65.6	57.3	<0.001
Rider license status
Valid	80.4	85.1	83.2	78.2	<0.001
Not valid	19.6	14.9	16.8	21.8	<0.001
Motorcycle engine displacement
<125 cc	1.2	0.9	1.2	1.2	<0.001
125–449 cc	7.2	4.1	5.0	9.0
450–749 cc	33.9	35.0	34.6	33.4
750 cc+	57.7	60.0	59.2	56.5

^aExcludes 952 motorcycle occupants who have missing values on model age for their motorcycles from all fatally injured motorcyclists

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